Posted by: pa (190 posts)
September 27, 2006 8:08 PM
A birthday drawing for my girlfriend Kristina.
A birthday drawing for my girlfriend Kristina.
This illo will be in this Sunday's New York Times on September 24th, 2006. The story is about how most people's garages are dark, scary places full of the tools of yard work and labor, rarely resembling the brightly light neat workspaces shown in catalogs.
See more of my work for the Times here.
Comments (3) - Link to this posta photo from a $.99 store. I've always thought that these places were worth something pictorially.
Comments (2) - Link to this postCongratulations to our good friends Susannah and Mike Italiano who got married up Lake Placid, NY this weekend. My wife and I spent an amazing weekend with them up at the fabulous Lake Placid Lodge with the above jaw-dropping view out of our lakeside cabin window. The weather was perfect and the leaves were just starting to change, and it reminded me of how much I love this part of the Adirondacks. Click below for another sketch of a cool birch tree on the lake.
Continue reading "Whiteface Over Lake Placid"A collection of some of the recent economic forecast illustrations I've done for wsj.com - note the recurring housing theme.
Comments (0) - Link to this postThis is a painting from an ongoing suburbia series. This is an earlier one. Lately I've been interested in entertainment, like trampolines, playgrounds or swimming pools.
Comments (0) - Link to this postyesterday was fun. it was nice to finally meet everyone. maybe next time maybe more creation/less production... but all in all a fun and productive day! we must plan another one. :)
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Sights from the #1 and F trains.
wow - 5 minutes past midnight... that's cutting it close! here is my illustration for "SAFE" - this (past) weeks illustration friday. i wanted to work in b/w, and for obvious reasons, i have new york on my mind this week. five years went by so quickly... i miss you nyc.
Comments (3) - Link to this postSpent some more time in the Lab this weekend beefing up my texture library. I painted with acrylic and gouache on acetate, gessoed illustration board, butcher paper and cardboard. The coolest results were painting right onto acetate with gouache. Always fun to get messy and experimental. I scanned these in at 600dpi @ 100%. Having a bunch of these files lying around has been invaluable to me as I strive to add more texture to my digitally painted illustrations. Nothing worse than a flat, paint-bucketed expanse.
One illustrator who has really mastered the art of balancing the real paint texture look with crisp digital illustration is Linzie Hunter of the UK. She also started the fabulous On My Desk blog, full of photographs of illustrators and designers' workspaces. Check it out!
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My most recent painting done out east: another image of rocks at lowtide on the Long Island Sound. The painting is 6x12 inches on panel and was completed over two afternoons, several weeks apart.
09/12 Hedge Fence |
09/12 Contact |
09/11 silkscreen sunday |
09/10 drawn on the subway |
09/08 safe |
09/05 More from the texture library |
09/01 Long Island Sound Lowtide |
09/01 Before the Fall |